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06/08/2026

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through the Gender-responsive Climate-smart Agriculture and Food Systems in the Caribbean (GCAF) project, completed a technical mission in Suriname from 27 to 31 July 2026 to strengthen practical climate-smart agriculture, with...

06/08/2026

FAO has strengthened regional capacity to detect and respond to brucellosis through specialised laboratory training on the Complement Fixation Test (CFT) at the Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust Veterinary Laboratory, a strategically located facility at the wildlife–livestock interface in the Kava...

Latin America and the Caribbean records USD 21 billion in aquatic animal trade surplus
28/07/2026

Global production of aquatic animals reached a new high of 195 million tonnes in 2024, driven largely by the continued expansion of aquaculture, according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched during the Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa, K...

Kazakhstan and FAO strengthen agriculture and climate resilience through new projects
27/07/2026

Kazakhstan and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched three new projects under the FAO–Kazakhstan Partnership Programme. Raimund Jehle, FAO Deputy Regional Representative, and Yermek Kenzhekhanuly, Vice-Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, exchanged s...

26/07/2026

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Forestry Unit of The Bahamas, has successfully concluded a comprehensive training series aimed at strengthening the technical capacity of forestry personnel in National Forest Inventory (NFI) data coll...

UN report: Global hunger levels ease for third consecutive year as regional disparities persist
21/07/2026

Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the improvements remain fragile, unevenly distributed and insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in t...